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BELL v. STREETWISE RECORDS, LTD.

Civ. A. No. 83-4086-Z.

640 F.Supp. 575 (1986)

Ricardo BELL, Michael Bivins, Robert Brown, Ronald DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant and MCA Records, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. STREETWISE RECORDS, LTD. and Boston International Music, Inc., d/b/a Boston International Records, Defendants, v. ARISTA RECORDS, INC., Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. Ricardo BELL, Michael Bivins, Robert Brown, Ronald DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant, MCA Records, Inc. and Jump and Shoot Productions, Inc., Defendants in Counterclaim.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Richlin, Craig R. Browne, Budd & Wiley, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Paul F. Ware, Henry C. Dinger, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for MCA Records.

Mark A. Michelson, Michael Walsh, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., Stuart L. Levy, Parcher & Herbert, New York City, for defendants.

A. Van C. Lanckton, Thomas S. Francis, Craig & Macauley Professional Corp., Mark C. Weiner, Boston, Mass., for Boston Intern.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZOBEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Bell, Bivins, Brown, DeVoe and Tresvant, members of a singing group, are known to teenagers across the nation and around the world by the name "New Edition." Together with their present recording company, MCA Records, Inc. ("MCA"), they seek to establish their exclusive right to appear, perform and record under that mark. Defendants and counterclaimants (hereinafter "defendants"), Boston International...

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